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8 1111 1 1 1 !♦♦♦<lll-< *♦♦♦♦♦♦;; MARCHING, CAMPING, FIGHTING < ? .... . . ...... . . . . j-. .. » » ... . j j WmX, Mr. W. A. Johnson has contributed sev eral "Cloe* Calls’* to this page and con tinues his reminiscences this week in diary form: March <• IMS.—Camped last night on the banks of a creek. Did not start from camp today until U noon. Marched very slowly and baited often—the enemy close at hand Marched only four miles. Beau tiful day. Saw a bright star in the sky today March ?■—Left camp this morning about 8 o’clock, and after marching about four miles we took the road to ’ Fayetteville. N. C. Hills and pine trees numerous Plenty of rations —at least we are being loaded down with them. Guess the mules tn the conunUtary department must have played out and we have been tdrned into a commissary train. Good idea; wish it had been thought of before. Fair March B.— Got into camp last night about • o’clock. Commenced to rain before morning. Left camp this morning about half past 7 o’clock. Rained all day. Very few houses on the road. Saw some rasor-teack hogs— too poor for food. But these hogs, when in good condition, make the best of bacon and hams. Turpentim farm In some places the resin from th< •tills bad flowed into and along the road New idea In road-making. Got good we; today. Marched about fifteen miles yes terday. March »■—We were wet through when we got into camp last night and. the water was standing on the groun» so that we could not lie down to sleep. We spen’ the night turning round and round in th« rain, before the fire made by the tur peotine trees. These began to fall aboui gaylight, and it was ’’Lookout!" "Crashl "Lookout! ’ and "Crash!” until we go clear of this camp. The falling of thef< trees about blockaded the road and w< had to climb over and go around the log> to get along. I guess the owner of that turpentine farm felt about as the Dutchman did who owned the wheat fieM in Pennsylvania Took a country road this morning which is much better than the one we have been traveling Stopped raining before day this morn ing. but commenced again about 1 o'clock ••day and rained very hard just before Bight Camper about ten miles from Fay etteville. N. C. March to.—Left camp at 7 o’clock this mdrn ng and marched to ' Fkyettevllie. and then marched three miles down th« central plank road and went into line of battle Stopped raining at 13 noon. The enemy did not attack us. Got my sup per in Fayetteville—a most hospitable people. Girls beautiful. March IL—Broke up our line of battle at half past 10 o'clock last n’ght. and after a slow march crossed the Cape Fair river and evacuated Fayetteville. Went about three miles from the river in the north side and camped about midnight. We marched ten miles today and got to camp early I understand that some of my class mates from the South Carolina Military academy, who are in Hampton's cavalry, were badly wounded in the fighting about Fayetteville. Among tnem my old friend "Gabe” Hodges, a whole-souled, noble hearted boy—none better In tne land. 1 am grieved very much over his misfor tune. Fair day. March 11—Sunday— Remained in camp all day. .Went into the country to get some fresh food. Got some lard, one hen and a head of cabbage. All paid for. One of my company, the most lovely eater I ever saw. and who be ing a very modest man withal—l withhold his name—was just charmed over my luck. He had a gallon iron pot which he secured tn Chariest in to be used to cook rice in or boil chickens in which had outlived their usefulness in civil life. The first victim of this pot was a’Shanghai rooster FOUR OQ QUARTS .. iV ASSORTMENT NO. 3. Oo* Quart »-ye*r Eye Whiskey. O.i< Quart Jamaica Rum One Quart Rock and ’ ye. Une Qu rt Prac* and honey Oaaranteed oboolu ely pure. Sent prepaid ta plain caee If not tbo ougtfly sa'lsfacton your moaey will be refunded. Address IOUNTAIII DELL COMHMY, Atlanta, 61. When ordering specify Assortment No. «. Miscellaneous. Wanted at Once—Two aalesmen In each atate IMOO and expenaeo. permanent position. Ad* drraa Penicks Tobacco Works Co., Penicks, Va. OH. HO! WEAK MEN—Our improved vacuum developer, guaranteed cheapest, beat on earth flor sexual weaknece. stricture, losses, varico cele Enlarges shrunken organa. Particulars sealed The Worlds Cure Co.. Denver, Colorado. T 1 TlTDfl who desire a monthly Eernfator that LA 111 EX eanaotfai! will oleaae addreoa with JJADIDU etamn. Dr. Stevens. Ruff-lo.M. Y TELEGRAPHY taught thoroughly and qntekiy: pool Hone » cured Catalog free. G-ergla Te'egreph SdteaL Sewela. Ga fe” t ’ 10 BAry TriATBEXT FREE C a 55 ,H*ve made Drepry *ad Ito ctno- ITteu > piicauoEs sopec.k-.y for twenty [ yenro v.'-h. ths Bott vondern] X-e ,< nceeat. 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B B SIZE DOLL W® r CDCC “ Bail! 8 otothM wiH III EE • doe fit DoTn," . GUIs can get this beautiful LU* Maa Free for ft- ■ue-e*-"' -A eeuing only tour boxM et our d"L. tr' \ Great Cold A H«a»U.Tat4«a • ■ \ at K cent* a box Write to-day f if <1 I and we wHi wna you the tabke, * /• -il 1 by mail poatpaM; wbaa sold amd > /> 11 1 ua the money tl W and w-_ wife I/> ■« eßodyoctbMLdoateeDon which r J r ■ a\9s RM RbeS hRA sad can wear ■W * 3 ihi-- baby • ciotiMe DoUG hat an In sea 3 <l.-tru-tlSi. Brod. Golden Hair. A * Rosy Cteeka Wrovn Eyes KM Col- K .leroe Body, a Gold Plat»d Beauty ■■■ exart rotwodertien of the finest hand sal hood days bare noMrd. Addrem. IATIORUU. IMDICIME CO.. , 89 M, R**Ha»*e,Ce*E which I got when we were at Thompson's creek. This bird proved to be a lineal de scendant from the pair Noah saved and' was of the fourth generation in direct re cent—at least, that is what we decided from the time it took to boil away his age and reduce him to the tenderloin state of his Infancy. But that pot was made for business, and it reduced him to pulp. The hen I got was the second of the series, and must have been the roos ter's consort. We made a successful ex periment in her case—and the stew was simply "beautiful.” The chickens never regretted falling into our hands, for the ease, grace, dignity, smiles and artistic elegance with which my friend stowed this hen away and hid her from the gase of an unappreciative world was an art of which he possessed a monopoly patent. When the hen looked upon the sweet and pa thetic smile with which he greeted her ad vent into camp society, a sigh of regret filled her soul, that the wrinkles of age pre vented her from returning the compli ment In kind. She turned her head away from his bewitching smile, and sighed for a return to her broiler days, when she was fit companion for the gastronomic tbißties of the patriot and the hero. My riend's pot, however, made amends fdr icr lament and supplied the missing link, t simply made the old ycung again. But he pigs, hogs, beeves, chickens, horses, tc.. whose lives were sacrificed upon the atrtotic altars of the north and the south iave passed into the beyond, unwept, un nonored and. unsung. Except in the case of my companion, who wiped his lips, ■ miled sweetly—pronounced the benedic lon —"Good!”—and then wept for more. 4y regiment went on picket late in the af ernoon. Sherman s people close on our Ines. Beautiful day. March 13— In consequence of the move nents of the enemy, at half past 7 o clock ». m. we left our position and marched •en miles on the road to Raleigh. Friday. March 14—Did not move today. The enemy pressing our corps in force. -Skirmishing with their advance guard. Our position 3 1-3 miles from Averysboro. N. C. Disposition to rain. Cut off from all news from the outside world. March io—Remained quiet until about 11 o'clock a. m.. when, in consequence of the movements of the enemy, we formed line >f battle in our camping ground. Rhett's brigade of Taliaferro's division engaged ■II day. Hard rain in the afternoon. March 16.—Changed our position in line of battle yesterday several times; built breastworks every time. Our corps (Hai dee's) in two lines of battle today; our brigade on the right of the second line. My regiment was detached to protect the right flank of the front line, which was heavily engaged at the time. We got over our breastworks and marohed by the right flank until we reached the edge of a swamp. We then formed line of bat tle and advanced along the edge of the swamp toward our front line. We had advanced probably about fw yards or so when we were fired on by the enemy's flankers in the swamp. We did not re turn this fire, but continued our advance, the enemy falling back as we went ahead. It developed that the center of my regi ment was just opposite the extreme right of the front line, which line we did not see until we were within about 200 yards of IL as we were advancing through the woods. They saw us about the time we saw them and as many of my regiment had ea Yankee overcoats I suppose they (our front line) took us for Yankees and jumped over their breastworks and fell down on the side next to the enemy, while some on the extreme right got behind the large trees in the edge of the swamp. On the Impulse of the moment my regiment took this front line to be the enemy and were in the act of opening fire. I, being with our color guard at the time, jumped in front and called out as loud as I could not to fire. I acted under the impulse of the moment, too. The regiment halted and Colonel Wallace came up to me and i; Battle of 44 Nine Mile Road" < » _ Because of the paucity of numbers en gaged in this battle it might not interest many. I only wish to show how the tat tered and footsore legtons of Lee and Jackson could fight against the odds they had to contend with. This particular engagement was fought with not exceeding one hundred men, against a brigade of negro troops on the Nine Mile road. General Grant was put ting forth his best efforts to capture the much coveted capital of the confederacy and was rushing strong columns of troops along the Charles City, Williamsburg and Nine Mlle road. We had been fighting along our front and every man had his hands full. A courier came dashing up for a section of our battery to report at once to this road to repel an attack from that quarter. The order was given to limber un and cannoneers mounted, and we dashed with all possible speed, drivers applying lash and spur, cannoneers swing ing to guard rods, wheels rebounding. Speed was very necessary at this mo ment to check thia advance. We, how ever, soon found a position and also plen ty to shoot at. I have seen men fight by squads, regiments, brigades and army corps, but thia handful of men had work to do. General Gary in the meantime had come up to our aid with about sixty men of the famous Hampton legion, and deployed his men between our guns, with his char acteristic, sharp, decisive command, to stand by those guns These cavalrymen put up one of the best fights of the war right here, and stayed with us till we had repulsed three distinct charges of the enemy. I will here state Sergeant Hill had planted a parrot gun in a temporary earthwork just to the right of the road. The Napoleon gun was placed to the left of the road, so as to give an oblique fire down the lines. To the right was a pine thicket and the enemy could come within about 400 yards under cover of this woods, but we never let up firing, and sent many damaging shots whixzing through this timber. But late in the evening the enemy camo again with renewed Spirits. Barleycorn, deploying their column so as to flank ua by lapping around our left, drove us from position. In shooting down the linss this Napo leon gun was charged with double can ister and when the gun was fired I put it mildly to say, "some one was hurt.** This gun in the recoil would Jump back about four corn rows. They came over the works and captured our guns, but only for about SO minutes. I being with the gun on the left, ordered the drivers to retire with the horses and leave the gun as wo were pressed so tightly, and it proved the proper thing to do in this emergency, so as not to use our own guns on us. Now BergeantHlll being far ther to the right ordered his gun out and had it ilmbereo up when the enemy caught him before getting away, and clubbed Daniel Holliday off the rear horses. No, Dan was a six footer and not to be trifled with. He arose with all his might, grab bed the gun. wrenched It from the sol dier's hand and dealt a blow that left one soldier less to fight; then he broke and ran and strange to say, although sur rounded by the enemy, he made his es cape. The strange part to me has always been that the only casualties with our two pieces was the capture of two men, Coop er and Bets. Sergeant Hill had his horse tied to a sappllng and they never had time to take him off in their hurried retreat. Gallant and dashing young officer, Tom Logan, came up full tilt with the Hamp ton legion and drove the enemy from the works, recaptured our guns and opened a deadly fire at about 20 paces. They cap tured two of the legion, so says a for ager comrade who was In charge, and bay- » * THE SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL. ATLANTA, GEORGIA, THURSDAY. DECEMBER 19, 1901 told me if those people were not Yankees to go and find out. I told him that they must be our men. I had nothing to guide me in my conclusion that they were our own troops except that 1 did not see where we got past our front line. I left the regiment and walked toward the line in our front and I never realised that I might be mistaken until I got about 50 yards from them. So far I had not seen any signs of anybody, and I began to con elude that they were Yankees sure enough and had fled. I went on, however, and when I got about twenty or thirty yards from where I had seen some of them get behind tne trees, a man poked his head from be hind a tree ana asked: “Who are you?” Said I: "Who are you." He replied: "I belong to the Second South Carolina heavy artillery." Said I: "I belong to the Second South Carolina infantry.” But the man did not get out from be u.nd the tree. Evidently he was in doubt. I turned then and saw the regiment ad vancing, Colonel Wallace in front. When Colohcl Wallace reached me he asked me who they were. I repeated what the man behind the tree said. I stood there talking to the colonel until the regi ment reached us, when the men behind the tree rushed out and waving his sword called out: "Come out from behind these trees; here's men who will fight!” Just at this instant the enemy opened up with a terrible volley, when the whole of the front line hereabouts oroke and fled through the timber on our lett and to tne rear. My regiment fell back slowly and in order, and regained our old position with our brigade. The enemy followed us up and at once preceded to fortify in the timber in our front as we could near the axes going, felling the trees. They brought up a battery and post ed it about two hundred yards in front of a brigade of militia posted on our left. The militia did not return the fire of this battery. When we got back to our position in the second line, we stuck our flagstaff in the breastworks, and Colonel Wallace, the adjutant of the regiment and,, myself seated ourselves on tfhe ground behind the breastworks and near the flag. The enemy's battery had a complete enfilade fire of my regiment. Pretty soon a shell from the battery just missed my back, passed between the arm of Colonel Wal lace and his body, grazed the back of the adjutant, ricocheted along down the une and hit two men in my company. Colonel Wallace coolly arose and called his orderly and told him to go and tell Che officer in command of the militia to silence that battery. He went, and after a little we hearu the command on the watch line: "Ready, aim, fire. I do not know tne damage to the bat tery. but it ceased operations. The men who fled from the front line were rallied at the second line. In the afternoon the enemy attacked our whole line, but were repulsed. I escaped Injury, although I had many narrow escapes. The militia and other troops who had never been engaged before, acted nobly tn this battle ana we checked Sherman’s ad vance by this route. I had much cause to be thankful to the giver of all good, my Creator, in this battle, especially in the narrow escape we had in having a conflict with our first line in the morning, as I have told it. This was the battle of Averysboro, N. C., fought between Hardee's corps of mil itia. coast troops, and our brigade of old soldiers and Sherman's veterans. W. A. JOHNSON, Co. D, Second S. C. V. C «A.‘ X -A- . tiexr, th, The Kind You Haw Always Bought lignaturs onetted them. Thl* so Incensed the legion that with the sharp crack of the carbine and clashing sabres flying right and left we drove them back into this dense pine thicket, and night coming on is what saved the whole turn-out. Now, in honor of the battle-scarred sol diers that made up this grand army that stepped forth from cabin and castle with the courage and refined chivalry that made the Confederate soldier, as belong ing to the grandest family of mode*.) times, shall they be so soon forgotten and brushed aside for the heroes of today? History Is full of sad and tender memo ries. They have no quarrel with patriot ism, but the results of patriotism, and in a few more years the curtain will drop and these old heroes will all pass over the river to join Jackson and Lee and fill martyrs’ graves. JAMES G. RAMSEY, Palmetto Battery, A. N. Va. <► I I ;; Origin of the Expression ;; o « I ;; 44 Lie Down, Weakly" When the Sixth Florida regiment was first organised, we were sent to Knoxville, Tenn., and there we spent two or three months before we went with General Kirby Smith Into Kentucky In August of the year 1862. During this “resting time” Companies A and B were drilled for skirmishing, as we were armed with rifles. One day while going through our drill practice Captain Sam Love gave the command, “Lie down!” A private in Company B named John Weakley, falling to obey promptly, the captain called out in stentorian tones, “Lie down Weak ley, if you don’t, I’ll take a llghtwood knot and knock you down.” The funniest thing about this to the boys was that there was not a lightwood knot within a hundred miles of us. From this time on, instead of “He down, mellsh,” or "lie down, state troops,” the word with the Sixth Florida boys was al ways ‘He down, Weakley!" C, C, GUNN, Co. A. Sixth Florida Regiment. SHOOTS AGAIN Although Coffee Took His Eyesight for Awhile. A Colorado camp cook had to quit his job because he could not make coffee without drinking it himself, and it was killing him. He says he used to take a cup of coffee before he got his breakfast for the men, for he felt the need of keep ing up his strength and his stomach troubled him so much. "Finally,” he says, "I got so bad I was taken to the hospital. The doctor told me It was a clear case of coffee poison and if I did not quit I would never get well. I had to quit In the hospital, and gradually got a little better; then I took to drinking Postum Food Coffee and took it out with me to a job in the woods. "I have been using Postum steadily for about eighteen months and have entirely recovered from dyspepsia, and all my old aches and alls. My eyes are so well now that I can see the gun sights as good as anybody, but two years ago I never could hunt because of my eyes. I know it is the quitting of coffee and using Postum that has benefited me. Nobody could have dyspepsia any worse than I had. All my neighbors thought 1 was going to die, but I am all right now. I have to send 36 miles to the city of Trinidad for my Pos tum, but it Is worth while.” Wm. Green, Burwing, Colorado. Battle of Kelley's Ford, Culpeper County, Va., March 17, 9 63 In writing this article I do so to describe simply the incidents of the battle which came under my own observation. It was my first experience; my first battle. I had left the Virginia Military institute at 16 years of age, and although under age, vol unteered my services to the Confederate states army. My fanner furnished me with a splendid horse, well equipped with a big cavalry saddle, large stirrups, spurs, a haversack, oil cloth and blanket. 1 started out for the war. My saber, pistol and carbine were furnished me on my arrival at camp. I joined Captain Morgan Strother’s com pany; the Madison cavalry, afterwards known as Company C, Fourth Virginia cavalry. The regiment was composed of the following companies: Company A. Prince William county; Company B, of Chesterfield; Company C, of Madison; Company D. of Culpepper; Company E, of Powhatan; Company F, of Goochland; Company G, of Hanover; Company H, of Fauquier. The last was the famous “Black Horse” cavalry. The regiment was com manded at different times by the ft flow ing colonels: Beverly H. Robertson. W. H. Payne, William C. Wickham, ivobert Randolph and V) illiam B. Wooldridge. What vivid emotions filled my mind! The training at the Virignia Military institute had only tended 10 strengthen and inten sify my desires to become a soldier, and often awakened in me dreams of glory and romance. I did not stop to consider the hardships and dangers that were to follow. Fitz Lee'S brigade was in winter quarters on the Rappahannock river a few miles above the old town of Fredericks burg, guarding the fords —Banks, Uni ted States and Elys. Some time in Janua ry, 1863, we moved our camp two miles to the north of Culpepper courthouse, on the Wallach farm, where we built log huts, covered with our tents, making them quite comfortable. We had a plenty to eat dur ing these few months. We spent most of the time in attending to our horses, read ing, smoking and had but little guard duty to perform, and although a mere boy, I was struck with the most superb morals of the Confederate soldier in Lee's camp, and more especially with the kind treat ment of prisoners who fell into our hands through Moseby’s men. Just about day break on the morning of the 17th of March, 1863, we were aroused by the sound of the bugle call "to boots and saddles.” Each regiment rapidly formed in line and marched off in the direction of Kelley’s ford a few miles north of us, on the Rap pahannock river. The gray mist of the morning had given away to crimson light of the rising sun, not a cloud could be seen. 'Our boys were in fine humor and in splendid plight for the coming conflict. There was something stirring in the jovial voice of Fitz Lee and his face was lit up as he listened to the occasional shots from our pickets in front. With a little handful of men Captain Randolph, of the L ack Horse company, was disputing every inch of ground along the river banks and In front of the advancing col umns of Averill’s 3.000 cavalry; while Fitz Lee's brigade only numbered 800. We had passed Flatwood hill and Stevensburg when the gray columns of Fitz Lee moved rapidly towards the river, throwing out sharpshooters along the whole line in front. General Averill commanding the federal cavalry, had by that time suc ceded in crossing the river, and had ad vanced a mile or two towards Culpepfcer court house. At 9 o’clock our whole line of cavalry had halted behind a large body of timber and at 10 o’clock the crack of the carbine could be heard along the pick et line, each regiment being in position to attack at a moment’s notice. Just then I was ordered to report to Major Morgan of the First Georgia regiment, who after wards became lieutenant colonel, he was ip command of the picket line and from him I teceived an order to General Lee. on another part of the field sitting quiet ly on his magnificent bay mare "Nellie.” in rear of his brigade, accompanied by two or three of his staff officers. One of his staff asked him why he was waiting. Turning to me he ordered that I wait a few minutes and then turning quickly in his saddle throwing his over the pom mel and raising his field glasses to his eyes, he replied to the question asked by his staff officer: "He is coming now.” We turned our eyes in the direction of Culpeper court house, and in a few min utes a single horseman came into view in full gallop towards us. The long strides of his horse were rapidly lessening the distance between us and him, and as he approached nearer, I noticed that his horse was champing the bit, while the white foam was dripping from his flanks, his nostrils expanded and his head erect as he was being urged forward by his dashing rider. I noticed General Lee closely, his eyes sparkled as he suddenly exclaimed: "It is Jeb Btuart.” He was alone and near enough by this time for us to hear his voice as it rang out upon the stillness: "If you want to have a good time Jlne the cavalry." 'Stuart’s blue eyes flashed, his gray cloak was thrown back over his shoulders showing plainly the red lining, a heavy black plume floated back from his soft felt hat, And a handsome Confederate uni form adorned hie person. It was the first time that I had ever seen General Stuart and all the boyish martial spirit within me was fired at the sight of these two gallant warriors, superb in appearance, magnifioent in action and grand in heart and life. Stuart soon reached us and said: "Hello! Fitz, what’s the matter down here?” It seems that Stuart had heard of Aver ill’s contemplated attack upon Lee. and had taken the train at Fredericksburg, gotten off at Culpeper court house, moun ted a horse and by hard riding had reached us in time for the fight. Gen eral Lee replied to him that he was going to have a little fun and was glad to see him. Whereupon General Stuart, who had dismounted from his horse and was in the act of remounting) said, "Where is Pelham?" and turning said, "tell Pelham to crowd ’em with his artillery." After a hearty good joke and a laugh Stuart then said: “Fitz, are you ready? dont let Averill get you." Lee received the remark with a laugh and off they went, drawing their sabres and ordering C. H. Powell, the bugler, to sound the charge. As their sabres flashed in the sunlight they led the First regiment into a headlong charge. Yells broke forth from every throaL horses seemed crazed with excitement and in a twinkling of an eye the regiment burst upon the enemy, who had formed in front of a stone wall. The clanging of sabres, the crack of the carbine, the smoke is lifted and for a time the struggle is ended. The Yankees stood their ground with unusual courage. Numbers on both sides have fallen from their horses, pierced by sabre and minle balls. Charge after charge is followed in quick succession, the battle again rages, while dismounted Federal* behind the rock wall pour a galling fire into our thin and bleeding ranks. Stuart and Lee could be seen in front of every regiment, lead ing them on tn desperate charges, fighting hand-to-hand. The Yankees are now pouring in upon our left flank, while the Confederates for a time retire, fighting bravely and contesting every foot of ground. Our regiments then reformed along the edge of some timber, while Pel ham's batteries unlimbered on the crest of a hill to our left and soon mingled their crashing reports with the Incessant fire of our carbines. While the batteries were pouring shot and shell into the advancing enemy, young Pelham left his pieces and joined Stuart and Lee in a desperate charge, and in the act of cheering on the men he fell pierced by a fragment of shell from the enemy’s gun. Just as Fkz Lee was leading an other regiment into a charge I passed him and noticed his horse suddenly stopped, reeled to one side and fell to the ground, pierced by a minle ball. He was soon remounted on another horse fur nished by an aid, and in a few moments was in the thickest of the fight. General Stuart was in a hand-to-hand fight with the Second and Third regiments as they gallantly beat back a desperate effort made by the Yankees in trying to turn our left flank. The rebel yell is heard all along the line and the Yankees are seen rapidly retiring from the field. The day is now drawing to a close, while Averill falls In h<s efforts to crush out the gal lant Lee and Stuart and their valiant 800. The rebel yell is still heard along the line as the rumbling sounds of wheels of Averill’s artillery are heard rapidly re treating toward the river. We now wend our way back to camp as the setting sun sinks behind the Blue Ridge mountains, crimsoned as though bathed in the blood of the heroic dead who had fallen upon the banks of the Rappahannock. The gallant Pelham is dead! "Something on his comrade s cheek Washed off the stain of powder.” DR. WM. B. CONWAY. Corporal Co. *C., 4th Reg. Va. Cav. Athens, Ga. For that ::all run down” condition you need a good tonic and blood purifier like Hood’s Sarsaparilla. It will make you strong, create an appetite and give you restful sleep. “ A, E. Strother's ;; •» « I ;; Address Desired " The following is the third Inquiry from different sources that has come to this department for Mr. A. E. Strother’s ad dress. One was printed in the local de partment about ten days ago. Editor Journal: Will you .please give me Mr. A. E. Strother’s postofflee address. I read an article in The Journal. October 26th, writ ten by him and headed: "Heroic Defense of Fort Greggs.” in 1865, iri which he stated that a strippling of a boy from Sumter county about sixteen years old, by the name of Giles fired the last shot and was bayoneted through the arm and'side. This is true. John Giles, who has been dead several years was a brother of mine, and I have heard him tell of the fight a number of times and have also seen the scars several times. I think he had something to do with that flag, as he was taken prisoner and carried to Point Lookout. I would like very much to communicate with Mr. Strother, and hope he will see this and write to me. Very truly, Murray, Ga. L. A. GILES. Our latest offer, the Youth’s Compan ion and the Seml-Weekly Journal both one year for only $2.50. < H» <llll l>»♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ *‘ • • •• Inquiry Answered I"!■»♦< ♦♦♦4 l l!<♦»♦♦♦< Editor Atlanta Journal: A few days since I saw a notice in your valuable pa per (that I regret has been misplaced) from a Mr Thompson. I think, some where in Florida, seeking identification and saying that he was a member of Company E, Seventh Georgia cavalry, and was captured at Stony Creek, Va., the last of November, 1864. I think that his date is wrong. I think It was the 24th of October, 1864, that Wilson, with his 10.000 picked cavalry, swooped down just before day upon our little band of dismounted men under the small in stat ure but big in d »eds and brave as a Hon (red-head) Major Farley and captured many of our tired soldiers. If Mr. Thompson will write me from what county b® enlisted I think I can assist him. When we called a halt at Appomattox I todk all the names of the thirty-nine men and one officer who were left of the 1,000 men that we carried to Virginia. I still have that list, and I have the names of many who were in prison, captured when the gallant Col onel McAllister was killed. I can give him their names and addresses. I will always deem It a pleasure to help any good confederate soldier. I thank you for your kindness to the old confederate soldiers and I pray God’s blessing in every avocation of your life. W. B. BORROUGH, Late Sergt. Co. G Seventh Reg. Ga. Cav., Young’s Brig., Hampton Div. A, N. Va., Brunswick. Ga. For $1.40 we will send The Semi- Weekly one year and the Five Vaseline Toilet Articles and any one of the premium papers offered with The Semi-Weekly at SI.OO. This Is the greatest offer ever made and you should take advantage of it without delay. NORDICA’S WARNING TO GIRLS. The Singer Is Writing a Book for the Benefit of Ambitious Vocalists. Chicago Record-Herald. Lillian Nordlca has attained the palm and taken the dust to get it. She finds thou sands of American girls who would like the palm exceedingly, but she doubts whether they would heartily encounter the attendant dust. For their instruction and for the edification of all with like yearn ings she is writing a book, shortly to come out, which she oalls "Hints to Singers.” The American diva in her private car just outside the Polk street station last night told something about IL "I receive letters.” she said with a sigh, "and the girls come to see me, poor things, and expect me to tell them whether they can’t be great singers, too. How can I take the responsibility? Am I to order their lives? All I can do is to give them good advice and answer their poor letters. "Girls are so romantic and they have such ideas. They are so Ignorant of life and they just wish to jump into glory. Do they know what success means, what trouble, sheer physical endurance. Why, the first act of “Lohengrin” requires one to stand on the stage one whole hour. Many opera act* require an hour and a half. How many womta can go through Just that? • "So many girls tell me their families have lost their money, and they want to know how soon they can begin earning salaries by singing. That would be ridicu lous if it were not so often pitiful. And then they say there is no place for Amer icans in opera now; that Americans are crowded out; or else this manager must be pleased or compromises must be made with the man who controls things. All I know is that if one can sing one succeeds. The world wants singers, but has no place for anything less. "But we must keep our girls out of Eu ropean cities. They must not be put where men look upon them as prey. They are used to the national chivalry of Ameri cans toward women, and that they can not expect on the continent. Anyhow, it is possible to study in America to become a singer here. I sang in a church first, and 1 didn’t get to Europe for a long time. 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I have sacrificed everything, my pleas ures and caprices, as well as my time and my life. But study masters, even * voice will not suffice. The only infallible author ity 1* the public. It is never wrong, not In the long run. “You see, when people sing they put their souls and their all into IL When one does that one inevitably believes one must have done well. Tbs® refuses to ac cept the judgment that it is oau and quite wrong. That is why so many must believe themselves born prima donnas. Is it not pathetic? Quality is the main thing, the desirable thing, but to sing before thou sands in a great auditorium quantity also is necessary. When the two are united you have the great singer. "Singers are all expected to sing in Wagner nowadays, to sing the tremen dous roles like Isolde and Elsa. That is why it is said Wagner damages so many voice*. Wagner is for the perfect artist, not for the tyro; but it is Wagner that is demanded, and what can be done? "Prejudice against Americans! 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